Vintage patterns and making: swimwear

swimwear

09/06/2012

More Vintage mens swimming costumes, trunks, knitting patterns

We have found 2 more wonderful 1930s mens 'onesies' one piece knitted swimming costume knitting patterns.....these patterns when knitted up make such fabulous outifts for period dramas and are also a real talking point if worn on the beach today! As with hte last ones we posted, just a word of warning to the uninitiated with knitted bathing costumes- when knitted wool gets wet, it absorbs water and so gets heavier.....and so the costume can droop (probably in all the wrong places!) if your tension isn't really tight!

Besides downloads from the Vintage Visage website, we also sell the patterns printed on lovely thick ivory coloured paper and sealed in a clear cello envelope from our Ebay store- it does cost more than the automatic download but they are perfect to give a little gifts and these patterns in particular should raise a smile from those who recive them! As with all our posts, we have given you a link to the patterns- this time on ebay, at the end of the post.

Enjoy these fab pics!

This one is made with stripes of colour and is reminiscent of an athletic strip...

This one is a plain colour with lovely thigh length shorts- we also give the instructions for a smaller 36 inch chest too.

Find the printed versions in our ebay store here - you will also find other mens and womens swimsuit patterns to download as pdfs here

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07/30/2012

Vintage knitting patterns for mens swimming trunks and bathing suits

We love the range of old vintage mens swimming trunks knitting patterns. We have lots of different versions from the one pieces of the 1920s and 30s (I guess nowadays they would be called a 'onesie')

to the more dashing trunks of the later 1930s, 1940s and 1950s

What we especially like are the photos which show dashing and well honed chaps in an array of knitted swimming trunks which, as we have stated in the former blog about womens and children's knitted swimming costumes, look great for posing on the beach but may not stand up to inspection after they have actually been in the water...... Vintage knitted swimming trunks and beach shorts really need to have the tension pretty tight on the stitching as otherwise they can stretch as the wool can absorb the water and become heavy. But they can look fab- as can be seen by these pics

All of these and more can be found on our website- heres the link

Vintage mens swimming trunk patterns

- have fun browsing!

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Vintage knitting and crochet swimsuit patterns

As the summer has at long last arrived in the UK where we are based we have seen an increase inthe sales of our wonderful knitting and crochet patterns for lovely bathing and swimsuits, or swimming costumes as they can be known. The picture above is for a starlet swimsuit multicolour knitting pattern from the 1940s

We have a great selection of womens vintage patterns for bikinis too....this one dates from the 1930s.they do look fab and very retro! Buyers are buying them both to recreate period looks for theatre and TV, films etc, but also very much for a little bit of fun and elegance on the beach! Some of us here are just old enough to remember our mothers making knitted swimming costumes...a word of warning- we also remember that when they get wet they can get a little saggy if the tension wasn't lovely and tight! The feel of a swimming costume gusset around your knees is not great, and not a pretty sight...so we recommend they are mostly for posing on the beach unless you are sure of your tension...